It's Hard To Find Good Help

It must be trying for Vic Mackey to go to work every day, considering the number of traitorous and duplicitous members of his Strike Team that he's had to deal with.

Like Terry Crowley, a Justice Department spy, who tried to get Vic busted for bending the law to the breaking point. Or Lem, who, not only destroyed most of the money from the Armenian "money train" heist, but also wore a wire for IAD to implicate Vic in Terry Crowley's murder. Or Army, who threw the whole Team under the bus by refusing to take a lie detector test that would have cleared him of being in league with Antwon Mitchell. Even long-time partner Shane Vendrell, who covered up the fact his wife stole the missing money train money, threw a racially-motivated beatdown on Tavon and then begged Vic to cover it up, fractured the Team by choosing the money over loyalty, and got implicated in a murder-for-hire plot against Vic when he got in too deep with Antwon Mitchell. (Oh, and he killed Lem.) Almost everyone who has entered the Team's clubhouse has made life hard for Vic.

Which brings us to Ronnie Gardocki. Through the good times and the bad, Ronnie has remained completely loyal to Vic, backing him almost all of the time. When the Strike Team disbanded, it was Ronnie who remained as Vic's partner. Even when Armadillo burned off Ronnie's face in retribution for what Vic did to him, instead of being mad at Vic, Ronnie used his recuperation time to plan the money train heist. If only we all had someone who was that loyal to us; the world would be a better place.

Check out the ongoing saga of Ronnie Gardocki when The Shield starts back up on Tuesday.